Crispin Kenworthy BATTYE - KIA - ID# 499

Crispin Kenworthy Battye was born in the summer of 1876 at Hindmarsh, which is an inner western suburb of Adelaide.

Crispin was the sixth of eleven children born to William and Sarah Battye, with three sisters and seven brothers, although four of the children died in infancy. All the children were born in the Hindmarsh area.

His father William had a younger brother also named Crispin Kenworthy Battye.

It is likely that with a large family, the children’s education was fairly basic.